Ezekiel 16:8:1Ezek.16.8.W1TAB

וָאֶעֱבֹ֨ר

vaevor

and I passed

Transliteration
va-e-VOR
Extended
vaa-eh-VOR
IPA
/vaː.ʔɛʕəˈvoːr/

Meaning by language

English
and I passed

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-e-VOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-e-VOR a-LA-yikh

  3. clause

    va-e-VOR a-LA-yikh va-e-REKH ve-hin-NE i-TEKH ET do-DIM va-ef-ROS ke-na-FI a-LA-yikh va-a-kha-SE e-re-va-TEKH

  4. sentence

    va-e-VOR a-LA-yikh va-e-REKH ve-hin-NE i-TEKH ET do-DIM va-ef-ROS ke-na-FI a-LA-yikh va-a-kha-SE e-re-va-TEKH va-e-sha-VA LAKH va-a-VO vi-ve-RIT o-TAKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ti-HE-yi LI

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vaʾeʿevor {וָאֶעֱבֹ֨ר | wā-ʾe-ʿĕ-ḇōr} ‘and I passed by’, establishing divine movement.

Root and etymology

ʿ-b-r

to pass over

In contextEzekiel 16:8

I passed by you and saw you, and behold, it was the season of love, and I spread my wing over you and covered your nakedness . I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD , and you became mine.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:8, so the Hebrew word וָאֶעֱבֹ֨ר (vaevor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.8.W1.S1) and character.